ENG 498 Professor Moon's Library Instruction (Dr. Marino_ Fall 2023): CD

The genocide of Jewish and non-Jewish civilians perpetrated by the German regime during World War Two continues to confront scholars with elusive questions even after nearly seventy years and hundreds of studies. This multi-contributory work is a landmark publication that sees experts renowned in their field addressing these questions in light of current research. A comprehensive introduction to the history of the Holocaust, this volume has 42 chapters which add important depth to the academic study of the Holocaust, both geographically and topically. The chapters address such diverse issues as: continuities in German and European history with respect to genocide prior to 1939 the eugenic roots of Nazi anti-Semitism the response of Europe's Jewish Communities to persecution and destruction the Final Solution as the German occupation instituted it across Europe rescue and rescuer motivations the problem of prosecuting war crimes gender and Holocaust experience the persecution of non-Jewish victims the Holocaust in postwar cultural venues. This important collection will be essential reading for all those interested in the history of the Holocaust. See ch. 33.

Summary: The shocking story of brutal medical experiments on gay men by the Nazis. Copenhagen 1940. Zack and Nikolai are happy in love and enjoy a blissful lifestyle on the gay scene until they are arrested during the Nazi invasion of Denmark. Zack, an American attach with diplomatic immunity goes free. But Nikolai is handed over to the notorious Dr Carl Vr̆net who claims to have discovered a 'cure' for homosexuality. Vr̆net was encouraged by the Nazis to conduct cruel experiments on homosexuals which left them mutilated for life. The choice was to suffer this torture or die in a concentration camp. A Holocaust story which resonates through history.